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Antoine Bouet is an IFPRI Senior Research Fellow.
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3rd CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference
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China Agricultural Economic Review (CAER) is delighted to announce its third annual conference, which is being organized by the CAER editorial office and International Food Policy ...

China’s rapid economic growth has been sustained by a seemingly infinite supply of labor streaming from rural to urban areas. Economists and policymakers now debate whether China has passed the Lewis turning point, a shift from labor surplus to ...

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Organized by Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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For three days in June, high level Chinese policymakers and ...

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